In 1978 Winter recruited Walter Horton and to help out on Waters's I'm Ready LP and another impressive outing was in the can. 1979 followed with the blistering Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live. King Bee the All shows begin at 6:30 following year concluded Water's reign at Blue Sky and In case of inclement weather, Tuesday Night all four LP's turned out to be his biggest-selling albums be held at the House of Rock, 422 Water Street. ever. *August 3 will be held at Phoenix Park. In 1983 passed May 31 Lucas K & the Cool Hand Saints away in his sleep. At his funeral, facebook.com/lucasandthesaints throngs of blues musicians June 7 The Jonestones showed up to pay tribute to one July 5, 2011 at Owen Park AMBlues.com of the true originals of the art June 14 Howard ‘Guitar’ Luedtke & Blue Max form. "Muddy was a master of HowardLuedtke.com just the right notes, " June 21 Left Wing Bourbon LeftWingBourbon.yolasite.com John Hammond, Jr., told Jayson Collins Trio June 28 Sparky & Friends Guitar World. "It was profound Facebook.com/SparkyAndTheWipers guitar playing, deep and July 5 Jayson Collins Group simple…. more country blues myspace.com/jaysoncollins transposed to the electric guitar, the kind of playing that July 12 Code Blue with Catya & Sue enhanced the lyrics, gave profundity to the words Catya.net themselves." Two years after his death, the city that July 19 The Steve Meyer Band made Muddy Waters (and vice versa) honored their MySpace.com/SteveMeyerAndTheBluesDogs July 26 Deep Water Reunion father by changing the name of 43rd Street to Muddy MySpace.com/DWReunion Waters Drive. Following Waters's death, B.B. King told Aug 2 *Pete Neuman and the Real Deal Guitar World, "It's going to be years and years before PeteNeuman.com most people realize how great he was to American Aug 9 The Love Buzzards music.” LoveBuzzards.com Aug 16 The Sue Orfield Band From Gale Encyclopedia of Biography SueOrfield.com Aug 23 Ross William Perry http://www.rosswilliamperry.com/ Friends of the Blues Aug 30 Mojo Lemon (Thank you for your donations) MojoLemon.com The Timber Lane Toms, Quigly and Schultz.

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NEXT WEEK WE NEED YOUR HELP Leaky roof Since 1993, The Community Table has been nourishing A free event takes money to put on. As with most hungry bodies and spirits in the Eau Claire Community. things, the economy is having an impact on this giving you Currently, The Community Table serves one meal each series. If you’re a business person or know of one INC. the blues? day, 365 days a year on a no-questions asked basis. who would be willing to be a sponsor of Tuesday Anyone can join the table during meal time. Next Night Blues, we’d love to talk to you. Just stop up to Tuesday, representatives from the Community Table will be with us and your donations would be greatly the Chippewa Valley Blues Society tent or contact appreciated. If you can, please bring a non-perishable, Mike Fischer at (715) 309-9721. call 866-A1-ROOFING canned food item for donation. or visit wimetalroofing.com Muddy Waters (1915-1983) literally ruled Chicago with a commanding stage presence that combined The Jayson Collins Band is a high energy jazz group both dignity and raw sexual appeal with a fierce and emotional style of slide guitar playing. He boasts an playing through a mix of joyful and souldful blues and alumni of band members that includes Otis Spann, , Junior Wells, Fred Below, Walter Horton, Jimmy rhythm and blues tunes. They will play standards from Rogers, James Cotton, Leroy Foster, Buddy Guy, Luther Johnson, Willie Dixon, Hubert Sumlin and Earl Hooker, just Ray Charles to original music by Jayson Collins. The to name a few? Muddy Waters gave many more big break in music while creating a style known now as band features Cathy Reitz on vocals, Todd Bartlett on Chicago. trumpet, Jay Collins on alto, Jeff Reitz on tenor Born McKinley Morganfield in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, he grew up in Clarksdale. His fondness for playing in saxophone, Dean Granros on guitar, Joshua mud earned him his nickname at an early age. Waters started out on harmonica but by seventeen he was Gallagher on piano, Steve Clay on bass, and Matt playing the guitar at parties and fish fries, In 1943 Waters headed north to Chicago. Big Bill Broonzy was the Gulixson on drums. All of these musician are in top cat in Chicago until hisChippewa death in 1958. Broonzy helped Waters out byV lettingalley him open for him in the rowdy demand around Western Wisconsin, and they are clubs. In 1945 Waters's uncle gave him his first electric guitar, which enabled him to be heard above the noisy professionals in the community. The band is based on crowds. By 1950 Waters was recording with perhaps the hottest blues group ever: Little Walter Jacobs on harp; the Motown R&B sounds of Ray Charles, James Brown Jimmy Rogers on guitar; Elgin Evans on drums; Otis Spann on piano; Big Crawford on bass; and Waters and Wlson Pickett. Jay Collins has studied with be- handling vocals and slide guitar. bop legend Don Lanphere and contemporary greats The band recorded a string of great blues classics during the early 1950's with the help of bassist/songwriter Warren Rand and Renato Caranto. He includes Willie Dixon's pen. "Hoochie Coochie Man", "I Just Want To Make Love To You" and "I'm Ready." These were "the Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey, Miquel Zenon and most macho songs in his repertoire, " wrote Robert Palmer in Rolling Stone. "Muddy would never have Horace Silver to be other influences in his playing and composed anything so unsubtle. But they gave him a succession of showstoppers and an image, which were writing. Jay Collins is an active member of the important for a bluesman trying to break out of the grind of local gigs into national prominence." Chippewa Valley Jazz Orchestra and has played in a Waters was at the height of his career and his band steamed like a high-powered locomotive, cruising from multitude of small jazz groups, big bands, gospel club to club as the Headhunters. Waters's success as the frontman led others in his group to seek the same choirs, rhythm and blues bands and musicals all over recognition. In 1953 Little Walter left when his "Juke" became a hit and in 1955 Rogers quit to form his own the country. Please check out the band and music Next Week (June 29) band. Waters could never recapture the glory of his pre-1956 years. at www.myspace.com/jaysoncollins The Waters sound was basically Delta country blues electrified, but his use of microtones, in both his vocals Code Blue featuring Catya & Sue and slide playing, made it extremely difficult to duplicateSociety and follow correctly. "When I plays onstage with my Jayson Collins band, I have to get in there with my guitar and try to bring the sound down to me, But no sooner than I quit Code Blue has been playing clubs, restaurants, and playing, it goes back to another, different sound. My blues look so simple, so easy to do, but it's not. They say my Upcoming Schedule Blues Festivals since the Spring of 2006. Code Blue blues is the hardest blues in the world to play.” features: Singer-Songwriter, Guitarist, Catya, Tenor One man understood the feeling he was trying to convey: Johnny Winter, an albino Texan who could play 8/6 Blues on the Chippewa, Durand Saxophonist, Composer, Sue Orfield, Kevin Louden on some of the nastiest guitar east or west of the Mississippi. In 1976 Winter convinced his label, Blue Sky, to sign 8/11 Colfax Library, Colfax Lead Guitar, Randy Sinz on Basses, and John LeBrun Waters and a fruitful partnership was begun. Waters's "comeback" LP, Hard Again, was recorded in just two days 8/16 Owen Park Bandshell, Eau Claire on Drums. Primarily a Blues band emphasizing original and was as close to the original Chicago sound he had created as anyone could ever hope for. Winter and traditional blues, Code Blue also throws in some produced/ played and pushed the master to the limit. Former Waters sideman James Cotton kicked in on harp visit Jayson online at original and classic R&B and Swing. Catch Code on the Grammy Award-winning album and a brief tour followed. (continued on back) myspace.com/jaysoncollins Blue! It’s a Killer Band!!! The 15 BANDS OVER 2 DAYS Saturday & Kevin K. Dettmann nual SATURDAY Sunday Carpentry & Painting An General Construction - Remodeling 4th Davey Jones, Love Buzzards Aug 6&7 Lucas K & The Cool Hand Saints Window & Door Replacement SUNDAY Certified Marvin Window Installer Steve Meyer Band, Swamp Kings Memorial Park - Durand Yata, Do Da Day Home Maintenance Sena Ehrhardt Band Lonesome Dan Kase (715) 839-8408 Mojo Lemon, Deepwater Reunion Pete Neuman Band Westside Andy & Mel Ford Band Ross William Perry Band Visit the NEW Catya & Code Blue, Combo Flambe ChippewaValleyBlues.com! Left Wing Bourbon, Lamont Cranston FREE ADMISSION A free will donation of non-perishable food or cash for the Pepin County Food Pantry will be appreciated! FREE TENT CAMPING No pets allowed on the grounds ALL AGES WELCOME Classic Car Show, Motorcycle Show, and Craft Show also held on Saturday CONCESSIONS ON GROUNDS www.bluesonthechippewa.org or call (715)672-8785 for more information